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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. SCHAEFER, OF WEST BEND, WISCONSIN.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.393.589, dated November 27,1888.

Application filed April 30, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SOHAEFER, of West Bend, in the county of Washington and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the manufacture of shoes, and will be fullydescribcd hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved shoe, and Figs. 2, 3,and 4; represent the blanks or pieces of leather of which the entire upper outer portion of said shoe is made. Fig. 5 is a detail of construc tion.

A, Fig. 2, represents the blank for the vamp of the shoe, and B B Fig. 4, the two pieces sewed together at the back scam, a, which form the back and side portions or quarters, while C, Fig. 3, is the blank or piece which forms the top or instep piece, and which is stitched to the vamp by the front seam, 7), and to the side pieces, B B, by the side scams, 0 a, just back of the front upper cornersof theparts BB.

1) E represent a buckle and loop, orsimilar suitable fastening device, preferably secured to the front portions of the parts B B.

F is the sole-and G the heel, and H an extra rubber sole, which is attached directly to the leather sole.

The back part is stiffened by the usual interior counter-piece, and drepresents the line of stitching that secures the upper edge of this stiffening-piece to the quarters B B. The parts A and B are stitched together by the scams 6, which are practically continuations of the scam I). It will thus be seen that the entire upper outerportion of my shoeis made of four pieces of leather, A, B B, and C, as represented in Figs. 2, 3, and 4:.

My shoe is designed solely for use in connection with a felt boot or lumbermaus sock, (represented at I, in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) and I guard against the entrance of snow or slush by the described manner in which the part 0 is stitched to the parts B B by the side Serial No. 272,263. (No model.)

seams,c c,- and to insure at all times when the shoes are in use a close fit of the said parts B B against the felt boots or socks while they are on the legs of the wearer I provide the upper edges of the parts B B with springs J, (one to each part, extending back as far as the back seam, a, and bent downward at their front ends, as shown at j,) which springs are held in place by a strip of leather or other binding, f, which binding may be either a separate piece or simply the upper edges of the parts B B turned over and stitched to the said parts B B by the seams 9. As shown, the downwardly curved front ends, j, of these springs J extend below the points of attachment of the fastening devices D E, and hence when the felt socks or boots are on the wearers feet and legs and slipped into these shoes the springs J serve to draw the parts B B 0 close to said felted wear, and then when the projecting corners of the parts B B are fastened down on the part 0 by the buckle and loop D E or other fastening device the admission of any snow or slush is doubly guarded against and the whole device fits snugly and is warm and comfortable over the wearers foot and leg.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the hereinbeforedescribed shoe, consisting of the vamp A, quarters B B, instep-piece 0, all of leather, united-by the described lines of stitching, the sole and heel, the fastening device D F, and the springs J J, secured to the upper edges of the said quarters and having downwardly-turned front ends, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony thatIclaim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. SCH AEFER.

W'itnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, N. E. OLIPHANT. 

